determination of blindness under supplemental security income program

determination of blindness under supplemental security income program Sec. 214. Section 1633 of the Social Security Act (as enacted by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” immediately after “Sec. 1633.”, (2) by striking out “The Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary”, and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) In determining, for purposes of this title, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select.”